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The deep ocean seafloor is defined as depths of 200 meters or more below Earth’s surface, where oxygen levels are low and sunlight is virtually nonexistent. The study, published in Science ...

Here’s what else to know. Who is in charge of deep-sea mining in international waters? The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea established the ISA to regulate deep sea mining beyond national ...

Deep-sea mining firm The Metals Co. asked the Trump administration today to approve its plans to mine the international seabed, making it the first such company to seek the government’s ...

A recent executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump to invest in deep sea mining operations could have dire environmental consequences, according to a northern Ontario mining expert.

The Donald Trump administration is making plans that could set the stage for deep-sea mining off the coast of American Samoa. The move comes after an executive order from President Donald Trump ...

The ocean is a vast and mysterious world, home to secrets that remain hidden beneath its surface. In this video, we take you on an exhilarating journey into the deep ocean, where the unknown ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration received criticism on Instagram Friday after a post supporting President Donald Trump‘s Executive Order to allow deep-sea mining. The NOAA has ...

A submersible in the Pacific Ocean found a deep-sea creature with “long,” sucker-covered arms and discovered a new species, a study said. Screenshot from video shared via Tang, Zheng and Zhang ...

They observe that the deep sea is one of the last places on the planet not yet directly exploited by humans. Mr Trump is as unlikely to care about all those exotic creatures as he is about ...

The filing is expected to spark a complex legal battle since the Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority, a U.N. agency that regulates international deep-sea waters, has the power to ...

An "odd-looking" deep-sea fish recently washed ashore on an Oregon beach to the surprise of a local aquarium. The Seaside Aquarium in Seaside, Oregon, published pictures of the dead fish in an ...